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Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... - Diagnosis and ... Consider if: 1) ... Pulmonary edema, Shock ... #Toxicology #diagnosis
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology ... Symptoms of GHB toxicity ... usually persist for 1- ... Hydroxybutyrate #GHB #Toxicology ... #Toxicity #Diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... in 1 major criterion ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Community #Acquired ... #severe #psi #diagnosis
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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described phases of toxicity ... deterioration Shock ... post-ingestion) - Anion gap ... and cardiogenic shock ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... in 1 major criterion ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Stages of Iron Toxicity

Iron overdose can cause an anion gap metabolic acidosis. Severe cases can lead
Stages of Iron Toxicity ... dehydration and shock ... Stage Ill Shock ... #Stages #Iron #Toxicity ... #Toxicology #Diagnosis
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... post-ABx, but can ... be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
treatment) • Can ... including: 1. ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #management #Toxicology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
can only be confirmed ... clinical suspicion is required ... for diagnosis! ... often small (<1 ... #table
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... typically fall into 1 ... establishing a diagnosis ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... cardiology #treatment #table